Position: Senior Funeral Director Location: J Gorringe and Son Funeral Directors, Godalming Job Type: 38.33 Hours per week Salary: £33,000.00 per annum We are looking for a compassionate and committed Senior Funeral Director to join our team at our J Gorringe and Son Funeral Directors, as someone who takes pride in supporting families with care and professionalism.
You will play a key leadership role in overseeing funeral arrangements, guiding and developing your team, and building strong relationships with local partners and the wider community to ensure every service is delivered with respect and excellence.
Why This Role Matters As a Senior Funeral Director, you will be responsible for team performance, development, and operational leadership, supporting the Cluster Manager in achieving business objectives.
Your Impact and Responsibilities As a Senior Funeral Director, you lead by example, guiding families with empathy and professionalism, while supporting your team to do the same.
You'll spend around 70% of your time delivering and overseeing services, and the rest managing the day-to-day operations of one or more branches, including the team.
You'll be responsible for ensuring high standards of care, training, service delivery, and local marketing, creating a culture where your team is proud of the work they do and families feel informed, respected, and looked after.
As a Senior Funeral Director, you will: • Deliver complex funeral arrangements with professionalism
- ensuring all funeral arrangements are respectful, appropriate, and reflect the client's wishes • Oversee branch standards and ensure timely, high-quality care of the deceased • Participate in an out-of-hours on-call rota (including nights/weekends) to support families
- providing out of hours support, including dignified collection and transfer of the deceased into care.
• Lead on recruitment, onboarding and ongoing performance reviews, undertaking regular 121's • Ensure back-of-house teams have responsibilities, and ensure seamless scheduling and service coordination • Support the Cluster Manager in overseeing branch performance, audits, and compliance processes • Identify service gaps and recommend improvements to processes and training • Take responsibility for ensuring funeral plan banks are replenished • Ensure all team members are Funeral Plan Consultant (FPC) trained.
Skills and Knowledge • Comfortable leading and motivating a team to uphold the highest standards of professionalism, presentation, and service delivery.
• Empathetic, service-oriented, and committed to excellent client outcomes • Understanding of the nature of the role and is prepared to assist families whenever needed, ensuring continuous care and operational effectiveness.
• Able to follow strict procedures, maintain accurate records, and ensure adherence to legal and company regulations.
• Flexibility to work evenings, weekends and on-call.
• Understanding of operational efficiency, service offerings, and financial considerations within the funeral industry.
What We Offer • Professional development: A comprehensive induction plan and the opportunity to complete in-house development programmes to set you up for success or to pursue a qualification through our apprenticeship programme.
• Bonus Potential: Unlock the possibility of earning additional bonuses, rewarding your hard work and achievements.
• Private Medical Cover: You'll have access to comprehensive Bupa private medical cover, because looking after you is part of how we care.
• Life Assurance Cover: Enjoy peace of mind with our life assurance cover, securing your family's future.
• Health & Wellbeing Programme: Benefit from an employee assistance programme that supports your health and wellbeing.
• Holiday Allowance: Start with a generous leave entitlement of 30-33 days per year, inclusive of Bank Holidays.
• Pension Scheme: Plan for the future with our contributory pension scheme, helping you save for a secure retirement.
If this sounds like the right role for you and you're ready to bring care and professionalism to an essential service, click the 'apply' button.
A member of our Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch to guide you through the next steps.
About Us We are Dignity, one of the UK's oldest and most trusted funeral providers, with over 200 years of history, 570 branches, and 46 crematoria across the country.
From launching the UK's first funeral plan to helping shape modern regulation, we have led the way in supporting families with care, compassion, and professionalism.
We are now building the UK's leading end-of-life company.
As part of the Dignity Group, we also operate Farewill, the country's most prominent will writer and one of the UK's top probate providers, giving families support not just at the funeral, but before and after as well.
Today, we are over 4,000 people across the UK, all driven by the same goal: to care for families with compassion andmake the UK a world leader in end-of-life care.
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FCA Statement Please note that this role is subject to meeting regulatory requirements.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Statement We know that diverse teams make better decisions, build better products, and create a more inclusive and better place to work.